Irvington infant's death likely not a result of foul play

IRVINGTON -- The death of an Irvington infant last night does not appear to have resulted from foul play, authorities said.

Irvington police responding to a 911 call on Gifford Place on reports of a child having difficulty breathing found the 10-month-old baby girl unresponsive and tried to resuscitate her, police said. Attempts to revive her were unsuccessful, however, and she was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where she was pronounced dead.

Township police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating.

“It does not appear to be a suspicious death, however this office will be awaiting the toxicology report from the regional medical examiner,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, Paul Loriquet, said today.